February 24, 2015

The Chefman My Barista Single Serve Coffee Maker is compatible with coffee grounds by using the included coffee filter or K-Cup packs. It’s features a faster start brew time than any other coffee maker on the market, and has a removable drip tray allows for 16 oz cups. You can brewer 8 oz or 10 oz capacities, and the Chefman coffeemaker shuts off automatically 5 minutes after brew cycle is complete. At ~$60 the Chefman single serve coffee maker is a really good bargain, and from the reviews we’ve read people are really liking it.

February 19, 2015

If you can’t recycle those K-Cups perhaps you can burn them? That’s right a cement plant in British Columbia is using spent Keurig K-Cups as part of the company's push to move from fossil fuels to alternative fuels. Since the K-Cups are not recyclable because, and they are a mixture of materials — coffee grounds, a paper filter, plastic cup, and foil top — that cannot be efficiently separated. Solution? The cement plant dries them out, grinds them up, and uses the spent ash as part of the cement mixture. Imagine - if you get your concrete from this plant you could have a house made of K-Cups.

One very cool thing - there is no change to the plant's emissions. The plant burned 32,682 kg (80,000 pounds) of K-Cups last year, which is millions of individual cups diverted from landfill sites.

February 18, 2015

We just found this Dalek Creamer and can hear ourselves yelling, “CAFFEINATE!!! CAFFEINATE!!!!” Sure it should be something with lactose in the theme, but this Dalek Creamer makes us take on the role of one of the best Dr. Who enemies every time we see it. The Dalek Creamer is made of stoneware ceramic with a very shiny glaze, and made to order. Pricing is going to set you back $150, but then again - who else has a handmade Dalek Creamer? Just you - that’s Who.

February 17, 2015

We recently posted about this brewer meets refrigerator concept, and now have more pictures thanks to the Appliancist. The Café French door refrigerator with single-serve Keurig K-Cup brewing system will be available in stainless steel with an MSRP of $3,300 in Q3 of this year. More pictures after the jump...

February 16, 2015

While we weren’t aware of the Numi brand before this review, we were a bit surprised to see how much popularity it had apparently gained in certain parts of USA & Canada over the past several years without our knowledge. It seems almost every week we’re hearing of a new brand making its way to the single serve world in one form or another, so we set about trying to find more info about the brand itself and these new Real Cups. While we couldn’t find much mention of the Real Cups except for this press release from early last year (the company’s own website makes no mention of them at all), we did find out that Numi got its start in Oakland California back in 1999 when brother (Ahmed Rahim) & sister (Reem Rahim) decided to start up their own tea company after noticing little difference in consistency & selection within competing tea brands already on the market.

Ahmed had already owned & operated tea houses abroad while Reem had been studying art in Northern California. They wanted to create a company that would encompass both their passions and so Numi Organic Tea was born. The hallmark of the company has since become known as super-premium, organic and Fair Trade Certified teas and herbal teas made with 100% real ingredients. They also make a point to ensure no natural flavorings or perfumes are used to flavor the teas… all the flavor comes from the natural ingredients themselves, nothing else.

February 13, 2015

Drinking a cup of coffee and then taking a quick nap sounds like a crazy idea but it’s not. It's called a coffee nap, and scientists agree you will feel better with a little coffee before your nap and be better rested. We won’t bore you with the details here (but you can read them over at Vox), but essentially the caffeine in coffee will try and get itself into the same receptors that help with deep sleep making your nap even more restful.

Here’s how you do a coffee nap:

First, drink coffee. You need to drink it quickly.

Right after you're finished, immediately try to go to sleep. Even if it’s not deep just reaching a tranquil half-asleep stage can be helpful.

Finally, make sure to wake up within 20 minutes, so you don't enter the deeper stages of sleep, and you're awake when the caffeine is just starting to hit your brain.

February 12, 2015

We recently received Martinson French Vanilla, Martinson Wild Cherry Dark Cocoa and Martinson Cocoa powder single cups and have been enjoying them all over the past 4 snowstorms. We really love the Wild Cherry Dark Cocoa, and have found it our go to after shoveling and digging out single cup. All of the Martinson French Vanilla, Martinson Wild Cherry Dark Cocoa and Martinson Cocoa will work all K-Cup Brewers BUT NOT Keurig 2.0 just yet. We do know Martinson is working on getting 2.0 compatible single cups.

These single cups should be rolling out to retailers now, and you can currently get them at Coffee Icon. Also Martinson has a pretty nifty set of displays they are rolling out at retail to promote the new flavors.

February 11, 2015

You know those days when you need a shot of espresso and a cup of coffee? We’re having one right now, and this hand-blown glass coffee and espresso mug should fix our troubles. The Double Shot Glass Mug features a side that holds a 1.5 oz. espresso shot, and the other side which holds 5.5 oz. of coffee. If you think you can handle it, this mug should caffeinated you really well for the day ahead.

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